Sam and I sanded and
painted two dining chairs on which we will put the butterfly cushions
the group made last semester. You could feel our stress of not
finishing on time, but we made it! Stuart and Mick finished another
dining chair with the help of Maaike and Jeanette - one of the
brightest of our collection: it's orange and red!
Miki and Dominique
tried as hard as they could to finish the pair of yellow and pink
chairs started at the Newtown festival, but unfortunately they would
have needed more time as they refused to sacrifice quality to
rapidity... You'll therefore be able to see them next term! They will
be great as first pieces of the new collection!
Some students stayed
after the class to set up everything for the Graduation Night. We
were hugely proud and excited: our furniture looks so different when
they are on platforms!
A big BRAVO to Maaike
and Richard who created an amazing screen out of wooden doors found
at The Bower, where they displayed pictures of the transformation of
the furniture. This new way to raise awareness about reuse impressed
everybody, and our only problem with it will be to prevent people
from buying it at the market!
The Graduation Night
was a great success. 5 different courses from TAFE Outreach
graduated, among them our Shed neighbours WEAVE's construction
and repair students who did an amazing job patching, fixing,
organising and painting the shed and Hobo Gro who create
vertical gardens in reused palettes, and, of course, Curb
Collective!
And guess what? We
already sold 5 pieces of furniture!!! So come as soon as you can to
the Finders Keepers market on Friday and Saturday if you want to
admire/buy our work, the furniture won't stay there for a long time!
- Claire M -
- Claire M -
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